Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Striking Gold

Quiet times in the Dartmouth football-sphere so . . .

Tanguy Nef '20, who earned four All-America honors in his three years competing for Dartmouth, posted the fastest time in the slalom to help Team Switzerland win the inaugural men's team combined.

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An NBC Sports story from before the Games began, headlined The Ivy League school that’s intertwined with the Winter Olympics, notes that . . .

"Dartmouth is the lone college or university to have at least one current or former student on every U.S. Winter Olympic team dating to the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France."

Find the story HERE.

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Coming into the '26 games Dartmouth had won 12 gold medals, nine silver and five bronze medals. Nine of the gold medals have been won in women's hockey.

Gold Medal Winners
John Shea 1932 Speedskating (2)
Peter Kirby 1964 Bobsled (Canada)
Gretchen Ulion 1998 Hockey
Sara Tueting 1998 Hockey
Cherie Piper 2002 Hockey (Canada)
Gillian Apps 2006 Hockey (Canada)
Cherie Piper 2006 Hockey (Canada)
Katherine Weatherston, Hockey (Canada)
Gillian Apps 2010 Hockey (Canada)
Cherie Piper 2010 Hockey (Canada)
Gilliam Apps 2014 Hockey (Canada)
Laura Stacey 2022 Hockey (Canada)
Tanguy Nef 2026 Skiing (Switzerland)

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EXTRA POINT
Because about the only thing we get this time of year is junk mail, I decided last week I would hop in the car and check our PO Box only every other day. My resolve lasted just one day.

I can claim that I weakened only because it's a much-appreciated daily car ride for Griff the Wonder Dog, which it is. But the truth is, there's always the hope that something good is going to come in the mail. Unfortunately, that usually happens only before birthday, around Christmas, and the start of the football season when I hear from BGA readers.

That's all for now folks. Griff and I have to get to the post office before the window closes. ;-)
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